Contesting the Nigerian state : civil society and the contradictions of self-organization /

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Meeting name:	(Un)civil Society--State Failure and the Contradictions of Self-Organisation in Nigeria (2005 : Lagos, Nigeria)
Imprint:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description:	viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Civil society -- Nigeria -- Congresses. Community development -- Nigeria -- Congresses. Community organization -- Nigeria -- Congresses. Civil society. Community development. Community organization. Politics and government Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Congresses. Nigeria. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9287432

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Other authors / contributors:	Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke.
ISBN:	9781137324528 (alk. paper) 113732452X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Papers from the conference (Un)civil Society--State Failure and the Contradictions of Self-Organisation in Nigeria, held May 14-17, 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Contesting the Nigerian State: Civil Society and the Contradictions of Self-Organization-Introduction, Concepts, and Questions
2. Civil Society and the Challenges of Development and Nation Building in the Eostcolonial African State
3. State Failure and the Contradictions of the Public Sphere, 1995-2005
4. Mobilizing for Change: The Press and the Struggle for Citizenship in Democratic Nigeria
5. Gendered States: Women's Civil Society Activism in Nigerian Politics
6. Feminist Civil Society Organizations and Democratization in Nigeria
7. Women's Associational Life within Traditional Institutions Yorùbá States
8. Sexual Struggles and Democracy Dividends
9. Politics in a Sub-Formal Economic Setting: Workplace Investment Cooperatives in Southwestern Nigeria, c. 1986-2011
Notes on Contributors
Index

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